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Letter to Senator Gard, and Representative Richardson

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Dear Senator Gard,
I previously wrote you regarding the Herald Times in Bloomington, IN and their publishing of the License To Carry a Handgun database on their website.  I expressed how this issue causes serious privacy concerns for law-abiding citizens.  This provides an avenue for criminals looking for streets that are easy targets, either with a low number of known gun owners or a high likelihood of finding firearms in the home they can steal, making our streets far less safe.  Allowing the list of people who are licensed to carry a handgun to be public is no different than publishing a database that says fourteen African Americans live on Brookschool Road or seventeen Jews live on 126th street.  Would making such a list serve the Public’s interest at all?  It would certainly make it easier for those who wish to commit hate crimes against others easier.
This database is required to be made available to the public under Indiana Code 5-14-3.  I humbily request that you author or support legislation to change this code to make private the database for use by Law Enforcement Officers only in relationship to a case under investigation.
Thank you for taking the time to listen to a concerned citizen in your district.  I look forward to your thoughts on this issue.
Sincerely,
Lars R. Noldan

Dear Senator Gard / Representative Richardson,

I previously wrote you regarding the Herald Times in Bloomington, IN and their publishing of the License To Carry a Handgun database on their website.  I expressed how this issue causes serious privacy concerns for law-abiding citizens.  This provides an avenue for criminals looking for streets that are easy targets, either with a low number of known gun owners or a high likelihood of finding firearms in the home they can steal, making our streets far less safe.  Allowing the list of people who are licensed to carry a handgun to be public is no different than publishing a database that says fourteen African Americans live on Brookschool Road or seventeen Jews live on 126th street.  Would making such a list serve the Public’s interest at all?  It would certainly make it easier for those who wish to commit hate crimes against others easier.

This database is required to be made available to the public under Indiana Code 5-14-3.  I humbly request that you author or support legislation to change this code to make private the database for use by Law Enforcement Officers only in relationship to a case under investigation.

Thank you for taking the time to listen to a concerned citizen in your district.  I look forward to your thoughts on this issue.

Sincerely,

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December 16th, 2009 at 1:17 am

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